David Mitchell is one half of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb. Their comedy offerings include the BAFTA-nominated sitcom 'Peep Show' and the sketch show 'That Mitchell and Webb Look', which is also written by the pair. Their first film 'Magicians', in which they play (you’ve guessed it) magicians, was released last year.

We caught up with David for a brief chat...

Name: David Mitchell

Who are you? A human comedian

Music: Absolutely not

Films: 'Life of Brian', 'Groundhog Day', 'A Bridge Too Far'

TV: The Simpsons and Inspector Morse

Heroes: Peter Cook, Spike Milligan, and Peter Sellers

Star sign: Cancer

If you could be someone else for a day who would it be? A High Court judge on an interesting day

When was the last time you embarrassed yourself? When I was rehearsing 'Peep Show' last week. It's the stuff that my character is subjected to

Favourite word: Don't have one

Biggest regret? No huge ones. Not really. We'll see. I may regret eating too much salt in the future